 They slept all that day and the next, nor did they waken when voices and footsteps broke the silence of the camp. And when pitying fingers brushed the snow from their wan faces, you could scarcely have told from the equal peace that dwelt upon them which...  A Library of American Literature... - Page 4by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Bret Harte - 1871 - 276 pages
...scarcely have told from the equal peace that dwelt upon them, which was she that had sinned. Even the law of Poker Flat recognized this, and turned away, leaving...in pencil, in a firm hand : — • t BENEATH THIS TREK LIES THE BODY or JOHN OAKHURST, WHO STRUCK A STREAK OP BAD LUCK ON THE 23D OF NOVEMBER, 1850,... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1871 - 288 pages
...scarcely have told from the equal peace that dwelt upon them, which was she that had sinned. Even the law of Poker Flat recognized this, and turned away, leaving...bowie-knife. It bore the following, written in pencil, in a film, hand : — • t BENEATH THIS TREK LIES THE BODY or JOHN OAKHURST, WHO STRUCK A STRKAK OF BAD... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1871 - 282 pages
...scarcely have told from the equal peace that dwelt upon them, which was she that had sinned. Even the law of Poker Flat recognized this, and turned away, leaving...But at the head of the gulch, on one of the largest pine-tress, they found the deuce of clubs pinned to the bark with a bowie-knife. It bore the following,... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1872 - 442 pages
...scarcely have told from the equal peace that dwelt upon them, which was she that had sinned. Even the law of Poker Flat recognized this, and turned away, leaving...written in pencil, in a firm hand : — t BENEATH THIS TREE LIBS THE BODY OF JOHN OAKHURST, WHO STRUCK A STREAK OF BAD LUCK ON THE 23D OF NOVEMBER, 1850,... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1873 - 268 pages
...scarcely have told from the equal peace that dwelt upon them, which was she that had sinned. Even the law of Poker Flat recognized this, and turned away, \leaving them still locked in each other's arms. -4 But at the head of the gulch, on one of the largest pine-trees, they found the deuce of clubs pinned... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1879 - 220 pages
...scarcely have told from the equal peace that dwelt upon them, which was she that had sinned. Even the law of Poker Flat recognized this, and turned away, leaving...bore the following, written in pencil, in a firm hand : — BENEATH THIS THEE LIES THE BODY or JOHN OAKHURST. WHO STRUCK A STREAK OF BAD LUCK ON THE 23D... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1882 - 434 pages
...equal peace that dwelt uIxin them which was she that had sinned. F.ven the law of Poker Flat rcropnised this, and turned away, leaving them still locked in each other's arms, I5ut at the head of the guleh, on one of the largest pine trees, they found the deuce of clubs pinned... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 pages
...scarcely have told from the equal peace that dwelt upon them, which was she that had sinned. Even the law of Poker Flat recognized this, and turned away, leaving them still locked in each other's arms. Gentle Hands. When and where, it matters not now to relate—but once upon a time, as I was passing... | |
 | Robert Ford - 1897 - 340 pages
...equal peace that dwelt upon them, which was she that had sinned. Even the law of Poker Flat recognised this, and turned away, leaving them still locked in...But at the head of the gulch, on one of the largest pine trees, they found the deuce of clubs pinned to the bark with a bowie-knife. It bore the following,... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1899 - 286 pages
...scarcely have told from the equal peace that dwelt upon them, which was she that had sinned. Even the law of Poker Flat recognized this, and turned away, leaving...bore the following, written in pencil, in a firm hand :— BENEATH THIS TRKS LIES THE BOOT or JOHN OAKHURST, WHO STRUCK A STREAK OF BAD LUCK. ON THE 23D... | |
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